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The violence against persons prohibition VAPP Law in Nigeria provides a legal framework for the protection of all citizens – including vulnerable people such as women, girls, children, youth, and persons with disabilities (PWDs). To ensure grassroots stakeholders have good knowledge and understanding of the content of the Ondo State VAPP Law, WFD partnered with the Ondo State Agency Against Gender-Based Violence (OSAA-GBV) and the office of the first Lady of Ondo state to conduct community sensitisation.
Nigeria |
Under the EU Media Dialogue programme, WFD delivered a campaign against the use of hate speech in Kyrgyzstani elections. In the run up to the November 2021 parliamentary elections, WFD targeted political parties, candidates, activists, and the media, to raise awareness of the concept of hate speech, the legal implications of its use, and positive measures that could be taken to prevent or avoid it. Political parties demonstrated their agreement with the aims of the campaign, when they included points discussed at WFD activities in the cross-party memorandum on holding elections within the law.
Report |
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not only a health crisis. It is already having seismic economic, social and political implications. Those interested in democracy and good governance should be alive to both the risks and the opportunities posed by the current crisis – their voices could make the difference between setback and progress.
In September 2018, WFD launched a new initiative under the Commonwealth Partnership for Democracy (CP4D), to improve the social, political and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities in Mozambique.
To support parliament in its efforts to address Sri Lanka’s severe economic crisis and ensure sustainable and inclusive economic transformation, WFD Sri Lanka convened the Coalition for Inclusive Impact, which included MPs, political party members, media, civil society, and underrepresented groups. The group made recommendations for the recovery, including conducting an assessment of health sector policies that revealed that public-private partnerships could reduce the burden on Sri Lanka’s health sector.
Environmental democracy has three pillars: transparency, participation and justice. This document explains how WFD supports a democratic response to global environmental crises by working with parliaments, political parties and civil society.
Briefing |
This paper highlights the procedures and practices in reviewing legislation in selected parliaments, while recognising the differences deriving from the countries’ variety of historical backgrounds, political situations and the adopted constitutional and political systems. The paper provides an overview of legislative practices in the UK, India and Indonesia.
Indonesia | Report |
The new European Commission Country Report on North Macedonia 2020 highlights two achievements which were supported by WFD, including the adoption of the Declaration for Active Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities.
This policy paper provides a working definition of AI, provides a preliminary review of how AI is being used to enhance democratic practices worldwide, highlights potential risks and areas of development in the future, and shares recommendations for WFD and democracy support organisations to consider advancing their ‘digital democracy’ agenda.
Briefing |
We should move beyond the concept of independence and think about election commissions as inherently interdependent institutions that operate in complex political environments, characterised by competing interests and unequal power relations.
A project that WFD delivers in Bangsamoro, an autonomous region in the southern Philippines, has won a UK Government Project Delivery Award, which recognises complex and ambitious projects across Government.
The 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which fell on 9th November 1989, prompts reflections on the state of democracy around the world.
Under the EU Media Dialogue programme, WFD delivered a campaign against the use of hate speech in Kyrgyzstani elections. In the run up to the November 2021 parliamentary elections, WFD targeted political parties, candidates, activists, and the media, to raise awareness of the concept of hate speech, the legal implications of its use, and positive measures that could be taken to prevent or avoid it. Political parties demonstrated their agreement with the aims of the campaign, when they included points discussed at WFD activities in the cross-party memorandum on holding elections within the law.
On 25 July, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) launched a new Youth Empowerment Programme (YEP) to support the advancement of democracy in Nigeria through increased political participation and electoral representation of young people.
Nigeria |